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[ORY OF CARROLL COUNTY » Published by H. F.
Building, Chicago, Pa es 319-320
O'NEIL, Joseph
O'Neil, a white man, and his brother Thomas, a dwarf, lived on an
island below Fulton, Whiteside Coo, Ill, For some reason, XEKK
- Joseph was jealous of 2 man named Rexford who lived in Clinton
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lowa. One day in September or October, 1872, the brothers rowed
a boat to Clinton and persuaded Rexford to return to the island
with them on the pretext of doing some painting for them, Just
after Rexford had started to work, Joseph attacked him with a
board, literally bludgeoning his brains from his head, Both bro-
thers were arrested and Joseph was charged with the murder while
Thomas was charged as an accessory before and after the fact, They
were granted a change of venue to Carroll County where Joseph's
attorney sought to prove by the sheer brutality of the attack, he
Ww as proven to be insane, The Jury did not accept this argument
and hw as convicted and sentenced to hang while Thomas, after two
brials, was sentenced to fourteen years in prison, On May 16, 1873,
he was hanged on a gallows erected between two poplar trees on the
th side of the Court House, His neck was broken by the fall and
it is believed that he didd instantly, An interes tang Sidelight is
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O'NEIL, Joseph
O'Neil, a white man, and his brother Thomas, a dwarf, lived on an
island below Fulton, Whiteside Coe, I11, For some reason, TKKK
Joseph was jealous of a man named Rexford who lived in Clinton,
Towae One day in September or October, 1872, the brothers rowed
a boat to Clinton and persuaded Rexford to return to the island
with them on the pretext of doing some painting for them, Just
after Rexford had started to work, Joseph attacked him with a
board, literally bludgeoning his brains from his head. Both bro-
thers were arrested and Joseph was charged with the murder while
Thomas was charged as an accessory before and after the fact, They
were granted a change of venue to Carroll County where Joseph's
attorney sought to prove by the sheer brutality of the attack, he
W as proven to be insane, The Jury did not accept this argument
and hw as convicted and sentenced to hang while Thomas, after two
brials, was sentenced to fourteen years in prison, On May 16, 1873,
he was hanged on a gallows erected between two poplar trees on the
north side of the Court Houses His neck was broken by the fall and
it is believed that he diad instantly, An interes tang sidelight is
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SIL, Joseph
O'Neil, a white man, and his brother Thomas, a dwarf, lived on an
island below Fulton, Whiteside Co. I11, For some reason,
Joseph was jealous of a man named
% to Clinton and persuaded Rexford to return to the island
with them on the pretext of doing some painting for them. Just
after Rexford had started to work, Joseph attacked him with a
board, literally bludgeoning his brains from his head, Both bro-
thers were arrested and Joseph was charged with the mirder while
hhomas was charged as an accessory before and after the fact, They
uote granted a change of venue to Carroll County where Joseph's
w torney sought to prove by the sheer brutality of the attack, he
i e jury did not accept this argument
and hw as convicted tenced to hang while Thomas, after two
$riels, was sentenced to fourteen years in prison. On May 16, 1873,
he nged on a gallows erected between two poplar trees on the
Side of the Court Housg, His neck was broken by the fall and
id instantly. An interestang sidelight is
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